Here is a trick to remember the ten essential amino acids:
These Ten Valuable Amino Acids Have Long Preserved Life In Man
Since essential amino acids are not present in our body and have to be taken as suppliments or in the form of other type of food, this protien rich food (as amino acids form protien) is available in a food mart present in malls or private grocery shops and thus the mnemonic is,
Mnemonic: They Host In a PVT. MALL
T: Threonine
H: Histidine
I: Isoleucine
P: Phenylalanine
V: Valine
T: Tryptophan
M: Methionine
A: Arginine
L: Leucine
L: Lysine